Donald Trump's government approved a sale of weapons to Israel for almost 3 billion dollars, skipping the usual legislative review, to supply more 2,000 -pound bombs used in the war against Hamas in Gaza.
The government of US President Donald Trump approved a sale of weapons to Israel for almost 3,000 million dollars, avoiding a legislative review of routine to provide the country with more than the 2,000 -pound bombs that he has used in the war against Hamas in Gaza.
In a series of notifications sent to Congress on Friday night, the State Department reported that it had authorized the sale of more than 35,500 MK 84 and Blu-117 and 4,000 Ojivas Predator for a value of 2,040 million dollars.
The Secretary of State Marco Rubio “has determined and provided a detailed justification that there is an emergency that requires the immediate sale to the Israel government of defense articles and defense services mentioned above, in the interest of the National Security of the United States, thus exempting the revision requirements by the Congress,” said the department.
Deliveries are scheduled to start next year, as reported.
Using the same justification, the department also mentioned that Rubio had approved another sale of ammunition to Israel for a value of 675.7 million dollars, which will be delivered from 2028.
In addition, he indicated that Rubio had approved the emergency sale of Bulldozers D9R and D9T of Caterpillar for a value of 295 million dollars.